The Greatest Cellists (22)

Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter play Beethoven's Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2

Edinburgh Festival 1964

• Usher Hall (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline Du Pré, and Daniel Barenboim perform Beethoven's "Ghost" Trio

A film by Christopher Nupen

Tugan Sokhiev conducts Shostakovich – With Edgar Moreau

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. A concert filmed in black and white

• Halle aux grains (Toulouse, France)

Ilya Gringolts, Truls Mørk and Daniil Trifonov perform Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms

Verbier Festival 2015

Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven – With Gautier Capuçon

Verbier Festival 2012

Teodor Currentzis conducts Shostakovich and Britten – With Steven Isserlis

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Bruges – KlaraFestival 2013

• Concertgebouw (Bruges, Belgium)

Daniel Barenboim and Alisa Weilerstein perform Wagner, Elgar and Brahms

Europakonzert 2010, Oxford

Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter play Beethoven's Cello Sonatas No. 3 and No. 5

Edinburgh Festival 1964

Sol Gabetta plays Ravel, Fauré and Dvořák

Sol Gabetta at Solsberg Festival (III/III)

• Solsberg Festival (Olsberg, Aargau, Switzerland)

Sol Gabetta plays Franck and Debussy

Sol Gabetta at Solsberg Festival (I/III)

• Solsberg Festival (Olsberg, Aargau, Switzerland)

Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts Saint-Saëns and Schumann – With Mischa Maisky

Verbier Festival 2015

Benjamin Britten conducts Tchaikovsky and Britten – With Mstislav Rostropovich

English Chamber Orchestra – Aldeburgh – 1969-1970

• Snape Maltings Concert Hall (Aldeburgh, Great Britain)

Mstislav Rostropovich plays Shostakovich, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy

London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Groves (conductor), Bruno Rigutto, Vasso Devetzi (piano)

Remembering Jacqueline Du Pré

A film by Christopher Nupen

Neeme Järvi conducts Dvořák, Shchedrin and Shostakovich – With Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky

Romantic Offering: world premiere – Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma

Tanglewood Music Festival

• Seiji Ozawa Hall (Tanglewood, Lenow, Massachusetts)

John Barbirolli performs Schumann's Cello Concerto

Hallé Orchestra, André Navarra

• Free Trade Hall (Manchester, Great Britain)

The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Moscow

From the First Moscow International Cello Festival

• Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (Moscow, Russia)

Pablo Casals: portrait

An important figure of the history of music and of history itself

David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich play Brahms' Double Concerto and Violin Concerto

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin

Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter play Prokofiev and Beethoven

Orchestre de Monte-Carlo, Okko Kamu

Sol Gabetta plays Schubert and Beethoven

Sol Gabetta at Solsberg Festival (II/III)

• Solsberg Festival (Olsberg, Aargau, Switzerland)